State of Kansas Prostitution Laws

(1) Sexual intercourse;

(2) sodomy; or

(3) manual or other bodily contact stimulation of the genitals of any person with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desires of the offender or another.

(b) Prostitution is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.

21-3513: Promoting prostitution
(a) Promoting prostitution is:

(1) Establishing, owning, maintaining or managing a house of prostitution, or participating in the establishment, ownership, maintenance, or management thereof;

(2) permitting any place partially or wholly owned or controlled by the defendant to be used as a house of prostitution;

(3) procuring a prostitute for a house of prostitution;

(4) inducing another to become a prostitute;

(5) soliciting a patron for a prostitute or for a house of prostitution;

(6) procuring a prostitute for a patron;

(7) procuring transportation for, paying for the transportation of, or transporting a person within this state with the intention of assisting or promoting that person's engaging in prostitution; or

(8) being employed to perform any act which is prohibited by this section.

(b)

(1) Promoting prostitution is a class A person misdemeanor when the prostitute is 16 or more years of age.

(2) Promoting prostitution when the prostitute is 16 or more years of age is a severity level 7, person felony if committed by a person who has, prior to the commission of the crime, been convicted of promoting prostitution.

(3) Promoting prostitution is a severity level 6, person felony when the prostitute is under 16 years of age.